News & Events

John A. Georges recently donated $500,000 to name the Georges Family Courtyard Terrace. Thanks to Georges’s gift, the School is delighted to announce that the new Ioannis Makriyannis Wing of the Gennadius Library will be inaugurated on Saturday, June 2, 2018.

During the Christmas holiday period, the Blegen library will be closed to visitors on the following days: December 25-26, 2017, January 1, January 6, 2018. No new cards will be issued and no orientations will take place between December 25th and January 6th.

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Mail

Enclose a check payable to: “American School of Classical Studies at Athens.” In the check’s memo section, please designate the allocation of the gift. Examples include:

ASCSA Annual Appeal

Gennadius Library Annual Appeal

Other (indicate particular purpose)

Checks should be mailed to:
Development Office
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
6-8 Charlton Street
Princeton, NJ 08540-5232

Phone

Call 609-683-0800 to charge by phone.

Stock Transfers

You can give stock and other securities to the School, and avoid tax on any capital gains if you have held the property for longer than one year, by transferring the securities directly to the School. Please call our Development Office for transfer instructions.

Matching Gifts

If your or your spouse’s employer has a matching gift program, please request a matching gift form from the employer and send us the completed form with or following your gift. If the employer uses an online matching gift site, please send your gift to us and visit the employer’s website to request that a matching gift be made. Please send completed forms to:

Development Office
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
6-8 Charlton Street
Princeton, NJ 08540-5232

Tax-Free IRA Rollover

Donors aged 70 ½ or older may make gifts directly from their IRA and avoid taxation on the distribution. The maximum a donor may transfer in any calendar year is $100,000. The gift must be transferred directly from the IRA account by the IRA administrator to the School. For any questions about tax-free rollovers, please consult your IRA administrator or our Development Office.

Bequests

For many alumni/ae and friends of the School, a charitable bequest is the easiest way to make a gift to the School. Giving by bequest costs nothing now, but you may derive enormous satisfaction from knowing that the School will benefit from your bequest in the future. In your will, revocable trust or other estate plan, you can name the School as the beneficiary of a portion of your estate, or of particular assets in your estate. Here is sample language for a bequest:

“I give ( _____ dollars or _____ percent of the residue of my estate or _____ particular asset) to the Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies, a Massachusetts charitable corporation with offices in Princeton, New Jersey as permanent endowment (for its general purposes or for a particular program or department of the School).”

The Edward Capps Society

Individuals who have included the School in their estate plans or have made lifetime gifts in excess of $100,000 to the School’s permanent endowment are eligible for membership in the School’s Edward Capps Society

Other Assets You Can Give

In addition to cash and securities, you can give real estate (including the remainder interest in your residence after your death) and tangible personal property. You can also designate the School as the beneficiary of your retirement plan or life insurance policy. For any questions about such gifts, please consult our Development Office.